Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile detected in chicken, soil and human samples from Zimbabwe

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile detected in chicken, soil and human samples from Zimbabwe

Background: Clostridioides difficile is the major cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhoea in industrialized nations. Data on the occurrence of C. difficile in Africa, ribotype (RT) distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and potential zoonotic transmission are scarce. Methods: 80 Zimbab...

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Main Authors: Fabian K. Berger, Alexander Mellmann, Markus Bischoff, Lutz von Müller, Sören L. Becker, Clifford Simango, Barbara Gärtner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Surveillance
Zoonosis
cgMLST
Southern Africa
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220302423

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